The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya ArtKimbell Art Museum, 1986 - 335 pages An illustrated study of the Maya civilization, drawing from interpretations of the texts embedded in pictorial scenes or carved on stone tablets to provide the meaning of the art and architecture of the ancient culture. |
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Page 71
... symbols and mat signs . A head , usually made of jade mosaic , was fixed to the front of the belt , and such heads were often placed at the sides as well . They most often depicted the human version of ahau ( Pl . 21 ) , but they could ...
... symbols and mat signs . A head , usually made of jade mosaic , was fixed to the front of the belt , and such heads were often placed at the sides as well . They most often depicted the human version of ahau ( Pl . 21 ) , but they could ...
Page 104
... symbols of authority to their child at accession or observing a king's activities from heaven . Nar- rative records of accession were often placed in public buildings that were configured as gigantic diagrams of the cosmos , so that ...
... symbols of authority to their child at accession or observing a king's activities from heaven . Nar- rative records of accession were often placed in public buildings that were configured as gigantic diagrams of the cosmos , so that ...
Page 284
... symbols of blood - shells , bone beads and yax , chac , kan or " zero " signs attached to them . Both the God C on the trunk of the World Tree and these Square - nosed Dragons are symbols with double meaning . The word for sap - in ...
... symbols of blood - shells , bone beads and yax , chac , kan or " zero " signs attached to them . Both the God C on the trunk of the World Tree and these Square - nosed Dragons are symbols with double meaning . The word for sap - in ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Affichage d'extraits - 1986 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar blood bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica Mexico Late Classic monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes scroll sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic